Word: baker
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last week's Heptagonals, Hardin won his second straight after a month of injuries, breaking 25 minutes over Van Cortlandt's rigorous five-mile layout. The wiry captain Jim Baker, front runner for the first four miles, finished eighth, Heyburn 18th, McLoone 21st and Howe 22nd as Harvard topped Navy by ten points and Yale...
...aggressive coaching methods (Runner: "What can I do to run faster Coach? McCurdy, "Run faster") and unusual meet style (He dresses in sweat clothes and races madly around the course shouting strategy and encouragement), most of the runners give equal credit to the leadership of the captain, Englishman Jim Baker...
...Baker ran undefeated through all the dual meets and won the GBC's, bearing a terrific burden, as first Colburn, then Shaw were lost for the season. When Hardin hurt his hip, the pressure on the gaunt 23-year-old increased, and fatigue finally got the better of him in the Big Three Meet...
After leading for the first three miles, he tired and Hardin raced by him for the victory. The same pattern held for the Heps where Baker led up to the four-mile post but faded to eighth as Hardin raced home. As one harrier put it this week, "Baker has been and inspiration all year. We knew that he would be leading and we therefore would try even harder to stay up with...
...JAMES V. BAKER...